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Imran Khan hails Dr

M for speaking

against India's

'injustice' in

Kashmir

Published: Feb 4th,

2020 | Modified: Feb 4th, 2020

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has thanked Dr Mahathir Mohamad for speaking up on the

Kashmir issue.

At a joint press conference with the Malaysian premier in Putrajaya today, Imran conveyed his

appreciation as soon as it was his turn to speak.

"I want to specifically thank the prime minister (Mahathir) - the way the prime minister spoke about

what the people of Kashmir are going through right now.

"Unfortunately, a very radical and extreme government has taken over in India and has put the people

of Kashmir in an open prison for six months.

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"It has taken all liberties, it has imprisoned the leadership, it has picked teenagers and put them in

prison or they have disappeared.

"And in this, the way the prime minister - you - have stood with us and spoken about the injustice

going on, on behalf of the people of Pakistan, I really want to thank you," he said.

During his speech at the UN General Assembly last September, Mahathir had irked India with his

remarks on the Jammu and Kashmir conflict.

"Now, despite the UN resolution on Jammu and Kashmir, the country has been invaded and

occupied. There may be reasons for this action but it is still wrong.

"The problem must be solved by peaceful means. India should work with Pakistan to resolve this

problem. Ignoring the UN will lead to other forms of disregard for the UN and the rule of law," he

said.

Although Mahathir did not overtly side with Pakistan or India, his speech was perceived as critical

towards New Delhi.

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This led to a backlash with India threatening to boycott Malaysian palm oil. However,

Imran had said Pakistan would do its best to help Malaysia.

Imran regrets not attending KL Summit

Meanwhile, the Pakistan premier also expressed regret for being unable to attend the KL Summit last

December.

The cricket-star-turned politician admitted that Pakistan faced pressure from its allies who believed

that the summit was intended to "split Muslims."

Although he did not mention names, it was widely reported that Saudi Arabia was concerned the

summit would create a separate Muslim bloc, particularly since the gathering was attended by its

rivals Iran, Qatar and Turkey. It had lobbied other Muslim countries not to attend.

However, Imran said at the conclusion of the

summit, it became apparent that such fears

were unfounded.

"I want to say how sad I was that I could not

attend the conference in Kuala Lumpur in the

middle of December.

"Unfortunately, our friends who are very close

to Pakistan felt somehow the conference was

going to divide the ummah and it was clearly a misconception because that was not the purpose of

the conference.

"As was evident after the conference took place, the purpose was not to divide the ummah," he

added.

Mahathir previously said the summit, which saw the signing of several memoranda of understandings

in areas of trade, technology, education and media as well as discussions on issues affecting Muslims

such as the Rohingya refugee crisis, was misunderstood.

At the joint press conference today, Imran said if the summit is organised again next year, he would

attend.

The premier, who is on a two-day working visit, also emphasised Pakistan's commitment to foster

stronger ties with Malaysia.

"The idea is to develop a much closer relationship of trade, investment and doing joint-operations

together, even in defence.

"The idea is to cement our relationship and I hope from now onwards, we will be able to work further

to enhance our cooperation," he said.

Earlier, Mahathir revealed that Malaysia had signed an extradition treaty with Pakistan.

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Hukuman mati:

Mahkamah

Persekutuan arah AGC

kemuka hujah lanjutan

kes rayuan 4 individu

Bernama

Diterbitkan 3 Feb 2020, 9:15 malam

Panel sembilan hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan mengarahkan Jabatan Peguam Negara (AGC)

mengemukakan hujah lanjutan berhubung beberapa isu keperlembagaan hukuman mati mandatori

yang dibangkitkan dalam rayuan empat individu.

Presiden Mahkamah Rayuan Rohana Yusuf, yang mengetuai panel itu, berkata mahkamah

mengambil maklum bahawa rayuan tersebut membabitkan persoalan penting berkaitan

perlembagaan dan meskipun AGC sudah menyatakan pendiriannya, mahkamah memerlukan hujah

lanjutan, terutama daripada AGC, berhubung isu-isu perlembagaan.

Beliau berkata isu-isu itu termasuk sama ada hukuman adalah semata-mata kuasa kehakiman,

Perkara 5 Perlembagaan Persekutuan berkaitan perbicaraan adil, Perkara 8 Perlembagaan

Persekutuan berkaitan perkadaran dan Perkara 162 Perlembagaan Persekutuan berkaitan implikasi

serta modifikasi undang-undang pramerdeka.

Rohana berkata mahkamah akan memperoleh bantuan dan manfaat yang besar sekiranya Peguam

Negara Tommy Thomas sendiri boleh hadir pada tarikh perbicaraan seterusnya untuk membantu

mahkamah.

Beliau kemudian menetapkan esok sebagai pengurusan kes untuk menetapkan tarikh perbicaraan

baru.

Turut bersidang Hakim Besar Malaya Azahar Mohamed serta Hakim-Hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan

iaitu Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim, Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, Abdul Rahman Sebli, Zaleha Yusof,

Zabariah Md Yusof dan Hasnah Mohammed Hashim.

Terdahulu, ketua bahagian rayuan dan perbicaraan Nik Suhaimi Nik Sulaiman berkata AGC

mengambil pendirian untuk menyokong penghakiman Mahkamah Persekutuan dalam kes Semenyih

Jaya lawan Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Hulu Langat yang menyatakan bahawa mahkamah adalah satu-

satunya badan yang berkuasa memutuskan hukuman.

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Mengenai sama ada hukuman mati adalah kejam dan tidak berperikemanusiaan serta

tidak berperlembagaan, beliau berkata pendirian AGC adalah bahawa ia adalah berperlembagaan

dan tidak kejam serta berperikemanusiaan.

Peguam Gopal Sri Ram, yang mewakili keempat-empat individu, berkata kes mereka adalah bahawa

pindaan yang dilakukan terhadap Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1983 untuk mengenakan hukuman mati

mandatori bagi kesalahan mengedar dadah adalah tidak berperlembagaan kerana ia telah

menghapuskan kuasa budi bicara mahkamah untuk mengenakan sama ada hukuman penjara

seumur hidup atau hukuman mati bagi kesalahan itu.

Beliau berkata penghapusan kuasa budi bicara mahkamah adalah terjumlah kepada satu gangguan

terhadap fungsi kehakiman.

Mengenai hukuman mati mandatori yang dijatuhkan bagi kesalahan membunuh, Sri Ram berkata

Seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan adalah undang-undang pramerdeka, oleh itu mahkamah

bertanggungjawab menjadikannya selaras dengan Perlembagaan Persekutuan.

Seorang rakyat Peru, Jorge Crespo Gomes, serta dua rakyat Afrika Selatan iaitu Letitia Bosman dan

Benjamin William Hawkes telah disabitkan dan dijatuhi hukuman secara berasingan oleh Mahkamah

Tinggi antara 2015 dan 2016 kerana mengedar dadah pada 2013.

Rayuan ketiga-tiga rakyat asing itu telah ditolak oleh Mahkamah Rayuan.

P Pubalan pula telah disabitkan dengan kesalahan membunuh dan dijatuhi hukuman mati oleh

Mahkamah Tinggi pada 2016.

Rayuannya telah ditolak oleh Mahkamah Rayuan pada 2018.

- Bernama

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NGO gesa AG kaji

semula

pemenjaraan lelaki

OKU cuba bunuh

diri News | Diterbitkan 3 Feb 2020,

3:26 petang | Dikemaskini 3 Feb

2020, 3:26 petang

NGO Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) menggesa Pejabat Peguam Negara menimbang semula hukuman

penjara terhadap seorang lelaki kurang upaya (OKU) atas kesalahan cuba membunuh diri.

Pengarah LFL Melissa Sasidaran berkata, pendakwaan terhadap lelaki itu bertentangan dengan

hasrat kerajaan ke arah nyah jenayah terhadap percubaan bunuh diri.

"Demi kepentingan tertuduh dan awam, maka kami menggesa peguam negara untuk segera

menimbang semula kes ini dan merujuknya ke Mahkamah Tinggi, agar sabitan dan hukuman dapat

digugurkan.

"Budi bicara untuk mendakwa mesti dibuat secara wajar dan berdasarkan konteks (circumstance) kes.

"Kami bingung bagaimana kes ini didakwa dan dibicara apabila jelas ia tidak membawa kebaikan

kepada kepentingan awam dengan mendakwa seorang individu yang jelas amat memerlukan

bantuan, dan ia hanya memburukkan lagi keadaannya," katanya dalam kenyataan.

Semalam Mahkamah Majistret Kuala Terengganu menjatuhkan hukuman penjara enam bulan

Mohamad Sani Isa, 38, yang mengaku bersalah mengikut seksyen 309 Kanun Keseksaan, selepas

didakwa cuba menggantung diri dengan tali nilon dari siling sebuah rumah pada 23 Disember lalu.

Menurut Astro Awani, dia melakukan perbuatan itu akibat tekanan hidup.

Sebelum ini, mahkamah memerintahkan supaya tertuduh menjalani rawatan psikiatri di Hospital

Permai, Tampoi di Johor. Hukuman penjara terhadapnya berkuatkuasa bermula tarikh tangkapan

pada 23 Disember lalu.

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Sementara itu, Setiausaha Agung

Persatuan Hak Asasi Manusia Kebangsaan (Hakam)

Lim Wei Jiet berkata Mohamad Sani tidak

sepatutnya didakwa.

"Ada kekurangan belas kasihan dan kemanusiaan

yang serius dalam sistem keadilan jenayah jika

seorang yang kurang upaya yang berada dalam

keadaan begitu terdesak dalam hidup, dikenakan

hukuman penjara.

"Undang-undang tidak seharusnya menekankan hukuman tetapi diiringi dengan kebaikan dan belas

kasihan.

"Hakam menggesa lelaki kurang upaya itu diberi bantuan psikiatri di institusi yang sesuai dan

bukannya pemenjaraan, di mana keadaan mentalnya mungkin akan memburuk," katanya yang turut

menggesa kerajaan memansuhkan Seksyen 309 Kanun Keseksaan, yang berkaitan percubaan bunuh

diri.

Katanya, Malaysia antara sejumlah kecil negara yang masih mengekalkan undang-undang itu yang

disifatkannya sebagai "lapuk".

'Kekal komited nyah jenayah bunuh diri'

Menteri Undang-undang Liew Vui Keong turut berkata keputusan mahkamah itu sebagai

membimbangkan.

"Percubaan bunuh diri atau sebarang bentuk mudarat diri sendiri adalah isu kesihatan mental dan

perlu ditangani secara perubatan. Mereka perlu diberi akses yang wajar terhadap penjagaan

kesihatan mental dan dijaga sebagai pesakit, bukan banduan," katanya yang turut merujuk

pengumuman kerajaan tahun lalu untuk tidak lagi menganggap bunuh diri sebagai jenayah.

"Kami kekal untuk meneruskannya. Pejabat Peguam Negara dengan giat menimbang bagaimana ia

boleh dilaksanakan secara holistik oleh kerajaan.

"Pertamanya perlu ada mekanisme yang mapan untuk golongan ini mendapat akses penjagaan

kesihatan mental sebelum undang-undang dapat dipinda bagi nyah jenayah bunuh diri," katanya

lagi.

Berdesarkan perkembangan semasa dan tertakluk kepada kelulusan kabinet, Liew berharap pindaan

undang-undang untuk perkara itu dapat dibentang pada pertengahan tahun ini.

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Rights groups call on AG to review jailing of

disabled man who attempted suicide

Published: Feb 3rd,

2020 | Modified: Feb 3rd, 2020

UPDATED | Human rights group

Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) has called on

the Attorney-General's Chambers to

review the case of a disabled man

who was jailed for attempting suicide.

"In the interest of the accused person

and the larger public interest, we, therefore, call upon the attorney-general to immediately review

the case and refer the matter to the High Court so that the conviction and sentence can be quashed,"

said LFL director Melissa Sasidaran (photo, above)

Melissa added that the prosecution of the disabled person went against the government's intent to

decriminalise suicide.

"The discretion to prosecute must be exercised properly and per the circumstances of the case.

"We are perplexed as to how this case was prosecuted and tried when it is clear there is no public

interest to be served by prosecuting a person who is clearly in dire need of assistance, and such

travesty can only worsen his situation," she said.

She also noted that the prosecution was conducted by a senior police officer instead of a deputy

public prosecutor.

"We urge that this practice of prosecution conducted by senior police officers be reviewed to prevent

the recurrence of such unwarranted prosecution," she said.

While it is not common, a senior police officer, with written authorisation from the public prosecutor,

can prosecute cases in a Magistrate's Court under Section 377)(b) of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Meanwhile, the National Human Rights Society (Hakam) secretary-general Lim Wei Jiet said the

charges should not have been instituted in the first place.

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"There is a serious lack of compassion and humanity in the criminal justice system if a

disabled man who has reached such a desperate position in life is punished even further with a jail

term," he said in a statement.

"The law should not only be concerned with penalties but must be tempered with mercy and

kindness.

"Hakam calls for the disabled man to be given psychiatric assistance in a suitable institution and not

imprisonment where his mental health would likely deteriorate further."

Lim also called on the government to repeal Section 309 of the Penal Code.

"Malaysia is one of the only few countries which still retain this archaic law in our statute books. This

recent conviction encapsulates everything that is wrong with such law," he said.

A Magistrate's Court in Terengganu yesterday sentenced a disabled man who tried to kill himself to

six months in prison.

Magistrate Nordiana Abd Aziz handed the sentence to Mohamad Sani Isa, 38, who pleaded guilty

under Section 309 of the Penal Code. He was not represented by a lawyer.

Section 309 states "whoever attempts to commit suicide, and does any act towards the commission

of such offence, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or

with fine or with both".

Mohamad Sani was charged for trying to hang himself with a nylon rope from a ceiling at a house in

Kuala Nerus on Dec 23 last year.

The report said Mohamad Sani was depressed.

De facto Law Minister Liew Vui Keong

(photo) also weighed in on the matter

saying that it was a worrying verdict.

"Attempted suicide or any form of

self-harm for that matter is a mental

health condition and must be treated

medically. These individuals must be

provided necessary access to mental

healthcare and be cared for as

patients, not prisoners."

Liew referred to the announcement last year that the government was studying

the decriminalisation of suicide.

"We remain firm in seeing this through. The Attorney-General’s Chambers has been actively

reviewing how this may be holistically undertaken by the government.

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"There must first be sustainable and viable mechanisms in place for these individuals

to access mental healthcare before the law is amended to decriminalise suicide," said Liew.

"Based on current progress, and subject to approval from the cabinet, I am hopeful that we will see

the amendments to Penal Code decriminalising suicide tabled by the middle of this year," said Liew.

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Lelaki cuba bunuh diri

kena hukuman penjara

News | Diterbitkan 3 Feb 2020, 1:18

tengahari | Dikemaskini 3 Feb 2020, 1:18

tengahari

Mahkamah Majistret Kuala Terengganu menjatuhkan hukuman penjara enam bulan terhadap

seorang lelaki kurang upaya (OKU) yang cuba membunuh dirinya dengan menjerut leher

menggunakan tali nilon.

Hukuman itu dijatuhkan di sebalik usaha Putrajaya untuk tidak lagi menjadikan cubaan membunuh

diri sebagai satu jenayah tetapi pindaan kepada undang-undang itu tidak dijangkakan sehingga

pertengahan tahun ini.

Majistret Nordiana Abd Aziz menjatuhkan hukuman penjara itu ke atas Mohamad Sani Isa, 38, yang

mengaku bersalah mengikut seksyen 309 Kanun Keseksaan, lapor Astro Awani.

Lelaki itu tidak diwakili oleh sebarang peguam.

I k l an

Seksyen 309 memperuntukkan hukuman penjara sehingga setahun atau denda atau kedua-duanya

sekali, jika sabit kesalahan.

Mohamad Sani didakwa cuba menggantung diri dengan tali nilon dari siling di sebuah rumah di

Kuala Nerus pada 23 Disember tahun lalu.

Laporan itu menebut dia melakukan perbuatan itu akibat tekanan hidup.

Sebelum ini, mahkamah memerintahkan supaya tertuduh menjalani rawatan psikiatri di Hospital

Permai, Tampoi di Johor.

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Hukuman penjara terhadapnya berkuatkuasa bermula tarikh tangkapan pada 23

Disember lalu.

Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Liew Vui Keong, pada Disember tahun lalu, berkata pihaknya

telah melibatkan pihak berkepentingan untuk membanteras kesalahan bunuh diri dan berharap

untuk memperkenalkan pindaan di Dewan Rakyat pada pertengahan tahun ini.

Beliau berkata kerajaan merancang untuk tidak lagi menjadikan cubaan membunuh diri sebagai satu

jenayah tetapi sebagai masalah kesihatan mental.

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Disabled man jailed

for attempting to kill

self amid bid to

decriminalise suicide

Published: Feb 3rd,

2020 | Modified: Feb 3rd, 2020

A magistrates' court in Terengganu

yesterday sentenced a disabled man who tried to kill himself to six months in prison.

The sentence came amid efforts by Putrajaya to decriminalise suicide but changes to the law are

not expected until the middle of this year.

Magistrate Nordiana Abd Aziz handed the sentence to 38-year-old Mohamad Sani Isa, who

pleaded guilty under Section 309 of the Penal Code, according to Astro Awani. He was not

represented by a lawyer.

The prosecution was conducted by assistant superintendent Mohd Ridhuan Mohina Din.

Section 309 states "whoever attempts to commit suicide, and does any act towards the commission

of such offence, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or

with fine or with both".

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Sani was charged for trying to hang himself with nylon rope from a ceiling at a house

in Kuala Nerus on Dec 23 last year.

The report said Sani was depressed.

Prior to his sentence, the court had ordered him to undergo an evaluation at a psychiatric hospital

in Tampoi, Johor.

His sentence will be backdated from the day of his arrest, on Dec 23.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Liew Vui Keong, in December last year, said the

government has been engaging stakeholders on decriminalising suicide and hopes to introduce

amendments in the Dewan Rakyat by the middle of this year.

He said the government plans to approach suicide as a mental health problem rather than a crime.

"Before decriminalising suicide, there needs to be a suitable and effective alternative mechanism in

dealing with this mental health problem.

"The mechanism is the main thing that is being studied by the Attorney-General's Chambers, based

on different models in a few Commonwealth countries," he had said.

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LETTER

Singapore must stop targeting HR defenders and

media Aliran et al

Published: Feb 2nd, 2020 | Modified: Feb 2nd, 2020

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LETTER | We, the 37 undersigned groups and organisations, and three individuals, are

appalled by Singapore’s denial and response to the highlighting of alleged “barbaric” unlawful

practices in execution method that was highlighted vide a Jan 16 media statement issued by Lawyers

for Liberty (LFL).

Singapore claims that it is "untrue, baseless and preposterous".

We are also shocked by Singapore’s invoking of the Protection from Online Falsehoods and

Manipulation Act (Pofma), and the issuing of notices and directions ordering LFL and three parties

that have shared the allegations - Singaporean activist Kirsten Han, The Online Citizen website and

Yahoo Singapore - to correct the false statements.

To comply with this Pofma Order, Singapore authorities said: "They will be required to carry a

correction notice alongside their posts or articles stating that their posts or articles contain

falsehoods”.

Non-compliance with the Pofma notice is a crime, and if convicted an individual may be liable to a

fine not exceeding S$20,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, whereas

others will be liable to a fine not exceeding S$500,000.

The notice can also lead to an access blocking order, whereby service providers will have to disable

access by end-users in Singapore to the online location.

It is not a defence even if one has applied to the responsible minister to withdraw or vary the order,

appealed to court or is “subject to a duty under any written law, any rule of law, any contract or any

rule of professional conduct, that prevents the person from complying with the Pofma notice”.

It is deplorable to ask any human rights defender or media agency to publicly take a position that

the alleged rights violations and/or injustices that they highlighted or reported on are false or

contains falsehood.

Where there is an allegation of a wrongdoing or a crime, it is the duty of a human rights defender or

any concerned person to highlight it, and thereafter, it falls on the relevant government, or relevant

national, regional or international bodies to conduct the needed independent investigation and

determine whether what was alleged was true or baseless.

Note that many investigations may even come to no conclusions due to insufficiency of evidence,

and this should in no way lead to the assumption that the allegations were untrue.

A perusal of the LFL statement shows that the source of their information, amongst others, is from a

credible source - a Singapore prison officer.

This would reasonably be someone who had first-hand knowledge of what was being alleged.

In the LFL statement, it also mentions that this officer is prepared to come forward and testify at the

appropriate forum.

LFL also highlighted this allegation earlier, in its Nov 23, 2019 statement, where it said: “Finally, we’ve

also received shocking information relating to the process of execution at Changi prison.

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“We have incontrovertible evidence that unlawful and extremely brutal methods are

secretly used in carrying out hangings by the Singapore Prison Services. We are prepared to reveal

this evidence, supplied by prison officers, in due course.”

LFL, in the Jan 16 statement, also said it had written to the Singapore authorities and informed them

it is prepared to meet them and hand over the evidence in its possession.

However, the Singapore government met LFL’s disclosures with deafening silence.

Significantly, the government also did not deny LFL’s allegation of brutality in carrying out hangings,

which has been widely reported.

The Singapore government should have rightfully met with LFL, received the evidence and conducted

a proper investigation and disclosed its findings.

According to law, police are not supposed to torture detainees, but the fact is that some police

officers do torture and even kill those in their custody.

It may not the government’s fault, but the fault of these errant officers who did wrong.

But, if a government, after receiving information of such wrongdoings, chooses to do nothing about

it, then it can be said that the government that “covers up” wrongdoings of public servants or simply

ignores it may be just as guilty of the said wrongdoings.

The media is obliged to report to the public, and that includes statements and positions of ordinary

people and human rights defenders.

Most media outlets, would as a matter of good practice, try to get a response from the alleged

perpetrator or other relevant parties but the news ought never be stifled simply because the

perpetrators (or interested parties) do not provide an immediate response.

Of course, most media will carry even a late response from the alleged perpetrator or other interested

parties.

Obligations imposed on the media should not be the same as those imposed on individuals using

social media.

Many good people who share news or views on social media, if they do get a response from alleged

perpetrator or interested parties, will also usually share that response with their readership.

In Malaysia, many human rights violations and even crimes that were highlighted by HR Defenders

or media were investigated by the government.

As an example, in Malaysia, it was the investigation by the New Straits Times Special Probes Team

into the mass killings in Wang Kelian in 2015 that highlighted and suggested a massive, coordinated

cover-up.

It revealed the human trafficking death camps had been discovered months earlier, but police only

announced the discovery on May 25.

It also questioned why the police ordered the destruction of these camps, which were potential crime

scenes before they could be processed by forensics personnel?

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The Malaysian government’s response was to investigate this case, and on Jan 16, it

was reported that the Home Ministry will present a report by the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI)

on the Wang Kelian human trafficking incident to the Cabinet next week.

Hopefully, thereafter the report will be made public.

Like Malaysia, Singapore too should have conducted a comprehensive investigation on the

allegations raised by LFL, and not try to “force” LFL and others who highlighted this issue to publicly

admit that it contained falsehood.

Publicly highlighting allegations or facts of wrongdoings, rights violations and injustices today is a

means of ensuring that justice is done, for otherwise relevant governments and enforcement

authorities can sometimes chose to simply “cover-up” such allegations.

It is wrong for any government to use laws and crimes (with serious penalties) to prevent human

rights defenders, media and others from highlighting allegations of wrongdoings.

Such laws that undermine the responsibilities of human rights defenders, including media, ought to

be repealed. Freedom of expression, opinion and peaceful assembly ought to be protected.

The courage to highlight possible human rights violations, injustices and wrongdoings should be

applauded, not stifled or penalised.

The media reported that the Singapore Minister of Communications and Information had on Jan 23

directed the Infocomm Media Development Authority to get Internet service providers here to block

the LFL website for not complying with a correction direction issued under the fake news law.

Therefore, we call on Singapore to:

- immediately and unconditionally withdraw the notice and internet access blocking orders pursuant

to Pofma that were directed at LFL, Kristen Han, The Online Citizen, Yahoo Singapore and others.

- ensure an independent and thorough investigation is conducted concerning allegations of unjust

and barbaric practices that allegedly happened during the hanging of persons in Singapore.

- respect human rights defenders and media agencies, and not to stifle them from carrying out their

responsibility and duty to highlight allegations of human rights violations and injustices.

- abolish the death penalty.

The above is a joint statement from Aliran, Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (Adpan), Asian

Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (Afad), Association of Parents of Disappeared

Persons from Indian Administered Jammu and Kashmir, Association of Human Rights Defenders and

Promoters- HRDP in Myanmar, Asociación de Trabajadoras del Hogar a Domicilio y de Maquila–

Atrahdom, Guatemala, Australians Against Capital Punishment, Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha

Mancha (Masum), India, Dutch League For Human Rights, Empower Foundation Thailand, Families

of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (Find) – Philippines, German Coalition to Abolish the Death

Penalty, Global Women's Strike United Kingdom, Japan Innocence and Death Penalty Information

Center, Karapatan Alliance Philippines, LAW United Kingdom, Madpet (Malaysians Against Death

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Penalty and Torture), Malaysian Trade Union Congress, Manushya Foundation

Thailand, MAP Foundation (Migrant Assistance Program) Thailand, North-South Initiative, Odhikar

Bangladesh, Payday Men’s Network United Kingdom. Persatuan Komuniti Prihatin Selangor dan

Kuala Lumpur, Programme Against Custodial Torture & Impunity (Pacti) India, People's

Empowerment Foundation Thailand, Sarawak Dayak Iban Association (Sadia), Singapore Anti Death

Penalty Campaign, Suaram Malaysia, Terai Human Rights Defenders Alliance Nepal, The Advocates

for Human Rights, The Day of the Endangered Lawyer Foundation, The Julian Wagner Memorial Fund

Australia, Union for Civil Liberty Thailand, Workers Assistance Center Inc Philippines, World Coalition

Against the Death Penalty/ Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort, WH4C (Workers Hub For

Change), Vucong, Giao (School of Law, Vietnam National University Hanoi), N Jayaram (Journalist,

Bangalore) and Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman (human rights defender from Bangladesh, in Hong

Kong)

The views expressed here are those of the author/contributor and do not necessarily

represent the views of Malaysiakini.

Link for reference : https://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/509256

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Indicted K-pop star Seungri may face military court

MUSIC Wednesday, 05 Feb 2020 8:30 AM MYT

By AGENCY

In this March 14,2019, file photo, Seungri

(centre) arrives at the Seoul Metropolitan

Police Agency in Seoul, South Korea.

Photo: AP

A K-pop star charged with violating

South Korea's anti-prostitution law may

have to join the country's army and

face trial in a military court.

Last week, prosecutors indicted former

Big Bang member Seungri, whose real

name is Lee Seung-hyun, on charges of violating laws on prostitution, illegal gambling and foreign

currency trading.

The state-run Military Manpower Administration said Tuesday it sent Seungri documents asking

him to report for 21 months of mandatory military service, a requirement for all able-bodied men in

South Korea, because prosecutors had ended their investigation of him.

It said in a statement that it was concerned a protracted trial in civilian courts would hamper its

effort to equally apply the military obligation on Seungri, 29.

It said Seungri's case will be handed over to a military court if he joins the military.

Men eligible for military service in South Korea are allowed to delay their conscription five times

under certain conditions before they become 31, but the accumulated delayed time cannot exceed

two years.

Seungri postponed his conscription in March 2019. The draft agency said it won't disclose whether

he delayed his conscription again, or when he is expected to join the military, citing privacy

regulations.

South Korean media said Seungri is expected to enter the military in late February or early March.

Yonhap news agency said it's unlikely that the draft agency will accept another request by him to

postpone his conscription over future trials in civilian courts.

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Prosecutors gave no details about the charges. South Korean media reported that

Seungri was accused of buying prostitutes for himself and business investors from Taiwan, Japan

and Hong Kong, engaging in illegal gambling overseas, and failing to report to South Korean

authorities about money he borrowed abroad to use in gambling. Seungri has previously denied

most of the allegations.

Big Bang has been one of the most successful K-pop bands since its debut in 2006, attracting

huge, loyal followings in Asia and around the world. Forbes magazine reported in 2016 that it took

home $44 million in pretax earnings the previous year. Big Bang has been on a temporary hiatus

as other members served in the military.

Seungri's case is one of several scandals that have roiled South Korea's entertainment industry in

recent years. In November, singer-songwriter Jung Joon-young received a six-year prison term,

and former boy band member Choi Jong-hoon a five-year term, after they were found guilty of illicit

sexual relations with a woman who was unable to resist.

https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/entertainment/2020/02/05/indicted-k-pop-star-seungri-may-

face-military-court

Iran to execute man for spying for CIA - judiciary

WORLD Tuesday, 04 Feb 2020 5:31 PM MYT

DUBAI (Reuters) - A man sentenced to death in Iran for spying for the CIA and attempting to

pass on information about Tehran's nuclear programme will be executed soon, authorities said on

Tuesday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.

In another case, two people working for a charity were sentenced to 10 years in prison for spying

and five years in prison for acting against national security on similar charges, judiciary spokesman

Gholamhossein Esmaili said, according to Fars.

"Amir Rahimpour who was a CIA spy and got big pay and tried to present part of Iran's nuclear

information to the American service had been tried and sentenced to death and recently the

supreme court upheld his sentence and he will see the consequences of his action soon," Esmaili

said, referring to the individual facing capital punishment.

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Esmaili did not provide any additional information about the nationality of the

convicted individuals working for a charity. Iran does not recognise dual nationality and the

judiciary prosecutes dual nationals as Iranian citizens.

Last summer, Iran announced it had broken up a CIA spy ring of 17 individuals and that some had

been sentenced to death.

Tensions have spiked between Iran and the United States after Washington killed top Iranian

military commander Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike in Baghdad on Jan. 3, prompting the

Islamic Republic to retaliate with a missile strike against a U.S. base in Iraq.

Speaking at a press conference streamed live on the judiciary's website, Esmaili said the names of

the individuals working for a charity would not be released yet because the sentence has not been

finalised.

(Reporting by Babak Dehghanpisheh; Editing by Alison Williams, William Maclean)

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2020/02/04/man-sentenced-to-death-for-spying-for-cia---

iran-judiciary-spokesman

Two charity staff in Iran convicted of spying for CIA,

jailed - Iran's judiciary

WORLD Tuesday, 04 Feb 2020 4:32 PM MYT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Two people working for a charity have been sentenced to jail on charges of

spying for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Iran's judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday.

"Two ... CIA spies who were working under the cover of an organization and charitable foundation

have been identified, tried and sentenced to ten years in prison for spying and five years in prison

for acting against national security," Gholamhossein Esmaili said.

The names of the individuals would not be released yet because the sentence has not been

finalised, Esmaili told a press conference streamed live on the judiciary's website.

(Reporting by Babak Dehghanpisheh; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2020/02/04/two-charity-staff-in-iran-convicted-of-spying-

for-cia-jailed---iran039s-judiciary

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Ex-PM’s wife on sick leave due to ‘serious’ medical

condition, court told

NATION

Tuesday, 04 Feb 2020

By HANIS ZAINAL and ASHLEY TANG

KUALA LUMPUR: The graft trial of Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor was postponed to tomorrow after

the wife of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was a no-show at the High Court.

Rosmah’s trial for charges of solicitation of bribery and graft was to start yesterday.

High Court judge Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan adjourned yesterday’s session and allowed

today’s session to be vacated after Rosmah’s counsel Datuk Jagjit Singh informed the court that

his client was too unwell to attend court, and had been given sick leave until Feb 8, due to a

“serious” medical condition.

His explanation provided a light moment when he told the court he Googled the symptoms suffered

by Rosmah and found out that it could be a “life-threatening condition”.

Jagjit: It is possible that it is a life-threatening condition.

Mohamed Zaini: Where does it state (in the report) that it is a life-threatening condition?

Jagjit: I got it from Google search (of the symptoms).

Mohamed Zaini: You are referring to Doctor Google here.

Earlier, lead prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram objected to the request, arguing it was done in

“bad faith” and had questioned Rosmah’s sincerity in attending court proceedings, especially as

the request was made at the last minute.

“Her only problem is that she suffers from an overdose of publicity and wealth. There is no good

reason for her failure to attend court.”

Sri Ram then called for Rosmah’s bail to be rescinded.

“Unless she is examined by a government doctor, we cannot accept this. If she were held in prison,

she would be more willing to attend court, ” he said.

Sri Ram also read out Rosmah’s diagnosis in court, which said that she was suffering from severe

recurrent neck pain, dizziness and osteoarthritis to the knees.

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He said that she was diagnosed as having chronic adrenal insufficiency, a condition

she has been suffering from for the past five years.

This was against the wishes of the defence who earlier did not want Rosmah’s medical reports to

be read out in court as it had the potential of “embarrassing Rosmah”.

Justice Mohamed Zaini also informed the defence that Rosmah could come to court in a

wheelchair.

“I am also quite willing to accommodate her if she needs breaks during the proceedings, ” he said.

On Nov 15,2018, Rosmah claimed trial to two charges of graft involving RM187.5mil related to

projects to provide electricity to schools in Sarawak.

According to the first charge, Rosmah was accused of soliciting for herself a RM187.5mil bribe

from Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd managing director Saidi Abang Samsudin, through her former aide

Datuk Rizal Mansor.

The money was a reward for helping Jepak Holdings obtain a project, through direct negotiations

with the Education Ministry, to install solar hybrid systems and for the maintenance and operation

of diesel generators for 369 rural schools in Sarawak.

The project, known as Project Bersepadu Sistem Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Hibrid, was valued at

RM1.25bil.

In the second charge, she was accused of receiving RM1.5mil from Saidi as a reward for assisting

Jepak Holdings obtain the same project.

All of the charges were framed under Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption

Commission Act.

Rosmah faces imprisonment of up to 20 years and a fine of no less than five times the amount of

gratification or RM10,000, whichever is higher, if convicted.

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/02/04/ex-pms-wife-on-sick-leave-due-to-serious-

medical-condition-court-told

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>> KHAS > ISU > OKU cuba bunuh diri dipenjara enam bulan

OKU cuba bunuh diri dipenjara enam bulan NORHASPIDA YATIM | | 2 Februari 2020

Tertuduh (tengah) dijatuhi hukuman penjara selama

enam bulan atas kesalahan cuba membunuh diri.

KUALA TERENGGANU - Seorang lelaki

kurang upaya (OKU) yang cuba membunuh diri

dengan menjerut leher menggunakan tali nilon

dijatuhi hukuman penjara enam bulan.

Hukuman itu diputuskan oleh Mahkamah

Majistret hari ini selepas tertuduh, Mohamad

Sani Isa, 38, mengaku bersalah melakukan kesalahan itu di hadapan Majistret Nordiana Abd Aziz.

Berdasarkan pertuduhan, tertuduh didakwa cuba menggantungkan diri dengan tali nilon pada siling

di sebuah rumah di Kuala Nerus pada jam 10.10 malam, 23 Disember lalu.

Tindakan nekad itu dipercayai dilakukan tertuduh akibat tekanan hidup.

Tertuduh didakwa melakukan kesalahan mengikut Seksyen 309 Kanun Keseksaan yang

memperuntukkan hukuman penjara sehingga setahun atau denda atau kedua-duanya sekali jika sabit

kesalahan.

Mahkamah pada 1 Januari lalu mengarahkan tertuduh menjalani rawatan psikiatri di Hospital Permai,

Tampoi di Johor.

Hukuman penjara terhadapnya berkuatkuasa bermula tarikh tangkapan iaitu pada 23 Disember lalu.

Pendakwaan bagi kes itu dijalankan oleh Pegawai Pendakwa, Asisten Superintendan Mohd Ridhuan

Mohina Din manakala tertuduh tidak diwakili peguam.

https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/68438/KHAS/Isu/OKU-cuba-bunuh-diri-dipenjara-enam-

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>> > LIDAH PENGARANG > Cubaan bunuh diri bukan lagi jenayah

Cubaan bunuh diri bukan lagi jenayah SUARA SINAR | | 5 Februari 2020

Gambar hiasan -Foto 123rf

DESAKAN supaya kerajaan segera memansuhkan

cubaan bunuh diri sebagai kesalahan jenayah bergema

lagi selepas Mahkamah Majistret Kuala Terengganu

menjatuhkan hukuman penjara enam bulan ke atas

seorang lelaki kelainan upaya (OKU) Ahad lalu.

Majistret mengenakan hukuman berkenaan selepas

tertuduh mengaku bersalah atas dakwaan cuba

menggantung diri dengan tali nilon pada siling di

rumahnya 23 Disember tahun lalu. Tindakan nekad itu

dipercayai dilakukan tertuduh akibat tekanan hidup.

Apa yang dipertikaikan bukanlah mengenai hukuman berkenaan. Sebaliknya, yang menjadi

kebimbangan banyak pihak adalah kewajaran untuk terus mengklasifikasi cubaan bunuh diri sebagai

kesalahan jenayah di bawah Seksyen 305, 306 dan 309 Kanun Keseksaan.

Sesetengah pihak bingung bagaimana kes seorang OKU yang dilanda kemurungan cuba diselesaikan

di mahkamah sedangkan perbicaraan itu tidak membawa kebaikan kepada kepentingan awam.

Sebaliknya, individu berkenaan amat memerlukan bantuan dan tindakan mendakwanya akan

memburukkan lagi keadaannya.

Sebagai reaksi balas terhadap keputusan mahkamah di Kuala Terengganu itu, Menteri di Jabatan

Perdana Menteri, Datuk Liew Vui Keong berkata, pindaan kepada undang-undang sedia ada dijangka

dibentangkan seawal pertengahan tahun 2020.

Beliau juga menyifatkan perkembangan terbaharu itu sangat membimbangkan kerana cubaan

membunuh diri adalah satu keadaan kesihatan mental yang perlu dirawat.

Berdasarkan statistik Polis Diraja Malaysia, dari tahun 2014 hingga Jun 2019, sebanyak 356 kes

bunuh diri telah dilaporkan di negara ini meliputi semua kaum termasuk Melayu, Cina dan

India.Ternyata, mangsa yang terlibat memerlukan bantuan daripada pakar seperti pakar perubatan,

psikologi, kaunselor dan ahli agama bagi membantu mereka menghadapi masalah yang menyebabkan

mereka mahu membunuh diri, bukannya dihukum dan dijadikan banduan.

Justeru, kerajaan perlu bersungguh-sungguh untuk memansuhkan hukuman tersebut, sepertimana

bersungguh-sungguhnya sesetengah menteri mahu menghapuskan hukuman jenayah terhadap kes

penagihan dadah di negara ini.

https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/68747/Lidah-Pengarang/Cubaan-bunuh-diri-bukan-lagi-

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>> BERITA > MAHKAMAH > Wartawan didakwa timbulkan ketakutan mengenai koronavirus di

Facebook

Wartawan didakwa timbulkan ketakutan mengenai

koronavirus di Facebook NOOR AZLIDA ALIMIN | | 5 Februari 2020

KUALA LUMPUR - [DIKEMASKINI] Seorang wartawan dihadapkan

ke Mahkamah Majistret di sini hari ini atas tiga pertuduhan dengan niat

untuk menimbulkan ketakutan mengenai koronavirus di laman Facebook

miliknya bulan lalu.

Tertuduh, Wan Noor Hayati Wan Alias, 41, mengaku tidak bersalah di atas

kesemua pertuduhan yang dibaca di hadapan Majistret Tawfiq Affandy Chin.

Mengikut ketiga-tiga pertuduhan, wanita itu didakwa membuat tiga pernyataan berasingan

menggunakan laman sosial Facebook atas nama ‘Ibu Yati’.

Tertuduh didakwa membuat pernyataan itu dengan niat hendak menyebabkan ketakutan atau

kegentaran kepada orang awam atau mana-mana golongan awam.

Kesemua kesalahan didakwa dilakukan pada jam 10 malam, 26 Januari lalu di Pejabat Jabatan

Siasatan Jenayah Komersial Bukit Aman.

Tertuduh didakwa di bawah Seksyen 505 (b) Kanun Keseksaan dan boleh dihukum di bawah Seksyen

505 kanun sama yang memperuntukkan hukuman penjara sehingga dua tahun atau denda atau kedua-

duanya sekali jika sabit kesalahan.

Terdahulu, Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Nurilya Ellyna Nor Azma meminta mahkamah tidak

memberikan jaminan terhadap tertuduh.

Bagaimanapun, wartawan yang masih bertugas di salah sebuah syarikat akhbar merayu supaya

jaminan diberi dalam jumlah yang rendah.

Mahkamah kemudian membenarkan tertuduh diikat jamin RM12,000 bagi kesemua pertuduhan

dengan seorang penjamin dan turut menetapkan kes disebut semula pada 11 Mac ini.

https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/68780/BERITA/Mahkamah/Wartawan-didakwa-timbulkan-

ketakutan-mengenai-koronavirus-di-Facebook

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>> BERITA > MAHKAMAH > Kakitangan JPJ tak mengaku terima rasuah

Kakitangan JPJ tak mengaku terima rasuah NORAWAZNI | | 5 Februari 2020

Sharin Safami didakwa di Mahkamah

Sesyen Kuantan atas sembilan pertuduhan

menerima suapan daripada tiga individu

antara Jun hingga Ogos tahun lalu.

KUANTAN - Seorang Pembantu

Penguatkuasaan Jabatan Pengangkutan

Jalan (JPJ) Pahang didakwa di

Mahkamah Sesyen Kuantan hari ini atas

sembilan pertuduhan menerima rasuah

membabitkan RM7,700 daripada tiga

individu, antara Jun hingga Ogos tahun

lalu.

Tertuduh, Sharin Safami Zainudin, 35, bagaimanapun mengaku tidak bersalah selepas pertuduhan di

baca di hadapan Hakim Mohd Ghazali Mohamad Taib.

Berdasarkan kertas pertuduhan Sharin Safami didakwa menerima suapan daripada Irwan Kamarol

Hisham Mohammad Shaharani berjumlah RM5,200 dan RM500 daripada Khor Yoke Kia serta

RM2,000 lagi diberikan oleh Loh Meng Chong.

Suapan itu dorongan kepada tertuduh yang bekerja sebagai pembantu Penguatkuasaan Timbang Paya

Rambutan di Gambang, Pahang untuk tidak mengambil tindakan ke atas lori lebih muatan.

Kesemua sembilan pertuduhan itu didakwa dilakukan oleh tertuduh di Maybank cawangan Taman

Tas, di sini antara 11 Jun sehingga 14 Ogos 2019.

Sharin Safami didakwa mengikut Seksyen 16 (a) (B) Akta Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia

(SPRM) yang boleh di hukum di bawah Seksyen 24 akta sama.

Jika sabit kesalahan tertuduh boleh dihukum penjara tidak lebih 20 tahun dan denda tidak kurang lima

kali ganda nilai suapan atau RM10,000 mengikut mana-mana nilai yang lebih tinggi.

Sebelum itu, Timbalan Pendakwaraya SPRM, Siti Sarah Zainal Abidin menawarkan ikat jamin

sebanyak RM10,000 dengan seorang penjamin bagi kesemua pertuduhan.

Sementara itu, peguam Datuk Zaidi Zainal mewakili tertuduh bersetuju dengan ikat jamin yang

ditawarkan Pendakwaraya.

Mahkamah membenarkan tertuduh diikat jamin RM10,000 dengan seorang penjamin.

Kes disebut semula 9 Mac depan.

https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/68791/BERITA/Mahkamah/Kakitangan-JPJ-tak-mengaku-

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>> BERITA > MAHKAMAH > Pegawai kesihatan didakwa kemuka tuntutan palsu RM800,000

Pegawai kesihatan didakwa kemuka tuntutan palsu

RM800,000 BERNAMA | | 9 Februari 2020

Dr Zaharah (depan) dan Noor Shazriena (kanan)

didakwa di Mahkamah Sesyen hari ini, atas 49

pertuduhan masing-masing kerana mengemukakan

baucar bayaran mengandungi butiran palsu

berjumlah RM807,816.27 serta bersubahat melakukan

perbuatan itu, antara 2015 dan 2016 lalu. Foto:

Bernama

JOHOR BAHRU - Seorang pegawai kesihatan

daerah dan penolong akauntan didakwa di

Mahkamah Sesyen di sini hari ini, masing-

masing atas 49 pertuduhan kerana

mengemukakan baucar bayaran mengandungi

butiran palsu berjumlah RM807,816.27, serta

bersubahat melakukan perbuatan itu dari 2015 sehingga 2016.

Pegawai Kesihatan Daerah di Pejabat Kesihatan Daerah Ledang, Dr Zaharah Mohd Salleh, 59, dan

penolong akauntan, Noor Shazriena Miskam, 34, bagaimanapun mengaku tidak bersalah apabila

semua pertuduhan dibacakan secara berasingan di hadapan Hakim Kamarudin Kamsun.

Mengikut pertuduhan, Dr Zaharah didakwa mengemukakan baucar bayaran palsu berjumlah

RM807,816.27 kepada Kementerian Kesihatan iaitu bayaran pembekalan barangan membabitkan

lima syarikat yang dalam pengetahuannya adalah tuntutan palsu dan barangan itu tidak dibekalkan.

Noor Shazriena pula dituduh bersubahat dengan Zaharah bagi melakukan semua perbuatan itu.

Perbuatan didakwa dilakukan di Pejabat Kesihatan Daerah Ledang dari Mac 2015 hingga November

2016.

Dr Zaharah didakwa mengikut Seksyen 18 Akta Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM)

2009 dan boleh dihukum di bawah Seksyen 24(2) akta terbabit manakala Noor Shazriena didakwa

mengikut Seksyen 28(1)(c) akta sama yang dibacakan bersama dengan Seksyen 18 akta tersebut yang

boleh dihukum di bawah Seksyen 24(2) akta berkenaan.

Kedua-duanya berdepan hukuman penjara maksimum 20 tahun dan didenda tidak kurang daripada

lima kali ganda nilai butir matan palsu atau RM10,000 mengikut mana-mana yang lebih tinggi, jika

sabit kesalahan.

Timbalan Pendakwa Raya SPRM Johor, Suhaili Sapun menawarkan jaminan sebanyak RM100,000

kepada setiap tertuduh.

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Bagaimanapun, peguam Gan Seong Kim yang mewakili Dr Zaharah memohon jaminan

itu dikurangkan memandangkan keadaan Dr Zaharah yang sedang menghidapi kanser kolon sejak

Mac 2019 dan masih lagi menjalani rawatan kemoterapi.

Sementara itu, peguam Siti Nasrina Hasbullah yang mewakili Noor Shazriena pula memohon jaminan

yang rendah kerana anak guamnya terpaksa menanggung lima orang anak yang masih kecil.

Kamarudin kemudian memutuskan Dr Zaharah diikat jamin sebanyak RM50,000 manakala Noor

Shazriena RM60,000, masing-masing dengan seorang penjamin.

Beliau juga mengarahkan pasport antarabangsa kedua-dua tertuduh diserahkan kepada mahkamah

sehingga kes itu selesai.

Kes itu akan disebut semula pada 15 Mac ini. – Bernama

https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/69327/BERITA/Mahkamah/Pegawai-kesihatan-didakwa-

kemuka-tuntutan-palsu-RM800000

1. The Sun Daily

2. > Local

AGC urged to review case of disabled man sent

to prison for attempted suicide SYED DANIAL SYED AZAHAR /

03 FEB 2020 / 17:16 H.

PETALING JAYA: Human rights group Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) has urged the Attorney

Generals Chambers (AGC) to review a case involving a disabled man who was sentenced

to prison for six months for attempted suicide.

LFL director Mellinda Sasidaran said the disabled man was not represented by a lawyer

during the court proceeding and that the prosecution was conducted by a senior police

officer instead of a deputy public prosecutor.

“We refer to the news reports that a person with disability in Kuala Terengganu was

convicted under section 309 of the Penal Code for attempting to commit suicide and

sentenced to six months imprisonment,” she said in statement today.

“In the interest of the accused and the larger public interest, we therefore call upon the

Attorney General to immediately review the case and refer the matter to the High Court so

that the conviction and sentence can be quashed.”

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Section 309 of the Penal Code states that whosoever attempts suicide, and

carries out any act toward the commission of such an offence, shall be punished with

imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or a fine, or both.

Mellinda said the judgment to prosecute must be exercised properly in accordance with the

circumstances of the case. She raised an announcement by the government last October, to

decriminalise attempted suicide cases in which the proposal is being studied by the AGC.

“We are perplexed as to how this case was prosecuted and tried when it is clear there is no

common good for the public to be served in prosecuting a person who is clearly in dire need

of assistance ... such travesty can only worsen his situation,” she added.

On Sunday, it was reported that the disabled man, Mohamad Sani Isa, 38, was sentenced to

six months in jail after he tried to hang himself with a nylon rope from a ceiling at a house in

Kuala Nerus on Dec 23 last year. His sentence is to commence from the day of his arrest, on

Dec 23.

According to the report, Sani was depressed. Prior to his sentence, the court had ordered

him to undertake an evaluation at a psychiatric hospital in Tampoi, Johor.

In response, Law Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong said in

a statement: “Attempted suicide or any form of self-harm for that matter is a mental health

condition and must be medically treated.

“These individuals must be provided necessary access to mental healthcare and be cared

for as patients, not prisoners.”

Liew said the AGC has been actively reviewing how an amended bill can be holistically

drawn up and undertaken by the government.

“There must be first be sustainable and viable mechanisms in place for these individuals to

access mental healthcare before the law is amended to decriminalise suicide.

“What exactly these mechanisms will be and how they will operate is being studied at the

moment,” he said.

On Dec 30, the AGC held engagement sessions with various stakeholders to find an

alternative mechanism more suitable and effective in tackling mental health cases.

Liew looks forward to the tabling of an amended bill pertaining to said law at the Dewan

Rakyat by middle of this year.

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'Khatam al-Quran dalam penjara' [METROTV]

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Syafil Syazwan Jefri

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"SAYA dapat bangun solat tahajud dan khatam Al-Quran dalam masa sebulan.

Itu adalah antara perkara yang tak pernah saya buat dalam hidup tetapi dapat dilakukan ketika

berada dalam penjara," kata pelakon, pengarah dan penerbit, Datuk Farid Kamil

Farid berkata, itu adalah sebahagian pengalaman yang tak ternilai pernah dilaluinya di penjara.

Katanya, dalam keadaan bebas seperti sekarang pun, belum tentu kita ada peluang untuk

melakukan semua itu.

Terdahulu, Farid ketika ditemui bersikap terbuka dan tenang berkongsi pengalamannya selama

berada di dalam penjara.

“Secara umumnya, dalam setiap kebaikan, ada keburukan. Pengalaman ketika berada di sana

(penjara) adalah perkara baru yang sukar untuk saya terjemahkan dengan kata-kata.

“Apa yang menarik, saya berpeluang menilai diri. Selain itu, saya juga diterima dengan sangat baik

oleh mereka (banduan) yang berada di sana. Ia membuatkan saya terharu.

“Mereka tahu dan mengenali saya. Di sana, mereka beri sokongan kepada saya untuk jangan

mudah jatuh, tetapi bangun semula dan teruskan berlari,” katanya.

Tambah pengarah filem Remp-It dan Remp-It 2 itu lagi, pada awalnya, dia membayangkan situasi

di dalam penjara adalah sama seperti sering ditonton dalam filem.

“Pada peringkat awal, saya membayangkan situasi di dalam penjara adalah seperti apa yang pernah

ditonton dalam filem Hollywood. Namun, realitinya sangat berbeza," katanya.

Mengulas mengenai tempoh hukuman dilaluinya, Farid memaklumkan bahawa hukuman

penjaranya untuk peringkat awal kini sudah selesai .

Menurutnya, dia mahu kes itu diselesaikan dengan cara baik dan secepat mungkin.

“Secara keseluruhannya, setakat ini saya sudah menghabiskan tempoh hukuman selama dua bulan

setengah di dalam penjara dan masih perlu selesaikan dua baki pertuduhan lagi.

“Sekarang, mahkamah sudah menggugurkan tiga pertuduhan terhadap saya. Kini, hanya tinggal

dua lagi pertuduhan iaitu menghalang tugas polis dan juga berkelakuan tidak senonoh,” katanya.

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Ditanya juga mengenai status kesnya, Farid memaklumkan pihaknya masih

menunggu keputusan daripada Mahkamah Tinggi Putrajaya.

“Saya masih lagi menunggu keputusan daripada pihak mahkamah dan tarikh pun belum ditetapkan.

Mereka akan maklumkan apabila semuanya sudah selesai.

“Kes saya mengambil masa lama kerana sudah beberapa kali bertukar peguam dan kalau boleh,

saya mahu ia semuanya diselesaikan dengan cara baik.

“Saya tak mahu pisang berbuah dua kali,” katanya.

Pada 15 Mei tahun lalu, Majistret Nor Ariffin Hisham menjatuhkan hukuman penjara sembilan bulan

terhadap Farid selepas memilih untuk berdiam ketika diperintahkan membela diri.

Selepas dijatuhkan hukuman, Farid terus dihantar ke penjara apabila mahkamah menolak

permohonannya untuk penangguhan.

Namun selepas 35 hari ditahan di Penjara Kajang, Farid dibebaskan dengan jaminan RM10,000

dengan seorang penjamin sehingga rayuannya selesai.

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Warga emas 'lawat' penjara setiap bulan

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GAMBAR Hiasan. FOTO Nurul Shafina Jemenon

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“SAYA sudah tua, tiada banyak masa lagi, sebab itu

sanggup datang dari jauh untuk menjenguk anak setiap

bulan,” kata Ong, 67.

Ong akan melawat anak keduanya yang juga banduan akhir di Penjara Marang, di Marang selepas

dipenjarakan sejak 23 Mei 2016, setiap bulan.

Menurutnya, anaknya berusia 38 tahun merupakan banduan akhir di bawah kesalahan Seksyen 39B

(1) (a) Akta Dadah Berbahaya (ADB) 1952.

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“Saya jenguk anak setiap bulan untuk melepaskan rindu. Jika diikutkan hati, setiap

hari saya ingin melawatnya namun tidak boleh berbuat demikian. Mahu datang setiap minggu juga

tidak boleh sebab saya tinggal di Besut dan tidak mempunyai kenderaan sendiri.

“Cuma harapkan kepada ihsan jiran yang tolong bawa saya ke penjara,” katanya ketika ditemui di

Penjara Marang, di Marang, hari ini.

Katanya, dia mempunyai tiga anak tetapi Alex (bukan nama sebenar) anak yang paling manjanya

dengannya.

“Alex berkerja di bengkel motosikal dan saya tidak sangka dia boleh terbabit dengan dadah.

Sebelum ini Alex pernah ditangkap dan di tahan di Penjara Marang kerana kesalahan dadah tetapi

tidak lama.

“Saya sudah menasihatinya supaya jangan ambil dadah dan saya sangka dia sudah berubah tetapi

sebaliknya,” katanya.

Menurutnya, dia sudah tua sekali gus tidak mempunyai masa yang panjang untuk bersama dengan

anaknya itu.

“Alex pula sudah dijatuhi hukuman gantung oleh itu hasrat menjalani kehidupan bersamanya pasti

tidak tertunai lagi. Selagi saya sihat, saya akan sentiasa melawatnya di penjara,” katanya.

Sementara itu, Alex berkata, dia menyesal kerana terbabit dengan dadah seterusnya terpaksa

menjalani hukuman penjara dan gantung.

“Saya kasihan melihat ibu yang semakin tua tetapi tetap datang melawat. Harap ibu sentiasa sihat

dan jaga diri baik-baik,” katanya, dia sudah merayu hukuman berkenaan dan masih menunggu

keputusan.

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Lelaki dalam video viral pukul isteri dipenjara 10 bulan Durie Rainer Fong - February 5, 2020 9:46 PM

Rakaman video lelaki

memukul isterinya di

Penampang, Sabah tersebar

di media sosial.

KOTA KINABALU: Lelaki

yang rakaman videonya

viral selepas memukul

isteri dijatuhi hukuman

penjara 10 bulan oleh

Mahkamah Majistret, hari

ini.

Jerry Boris, 35, mengaku

bersalah di hadapan majistret Lovely Natasha Charles kerana mencederakan isterinya

berusia 34 tahun di sebuah rumah di Kampung Minintod, Penampang, pada 30 Jan lalu.

Sebelum dijatuhi hukuman, Jerry yang ditahan polis pada hari berikutnya, merayu

kepada mahkamah supaya hukuman diringankan sambil berkata: “Saya minta maaf

kepada pihak yang terlibat, maksud saya, isteri saya.”

Dia tidak diwakili peguam.

Rakaman video berdurasi 5 minit yang tersebar di media sosial, minggu lalu, Jerry

dilihat mengheret isterinya keluar dari rumah mereka dan menarik rambutnya.

Seorang wanita lain, yang dipercayai ibu mangsa, cuba menghalang tindakan Jerry

dengan memukul Jerry menggunakan botol plastik tetapi tidak diendahkan lelaki

terbabit.

Tidak lama kemudian, tertuduh dilihat menendang wanita itu di muka, menyebabkan

dia terjatuh ke tanah. Apabila wanita tua itu cuba menghalangnya lagi, Jerry kelihatan

mengugut untuk menendangnya juga.

Pasangan itu, yang mempunyai 4 anak, tinggal berasingan sejak Okt 2019 kerana

wanita itu tidak tahan dengan sikap dan tingkah laku Jerry, mahkamah diberitahu.

Pegawai pendakwa raya, Albert Basiri memberitahu mahkamah bahawa Jerry tidak puas

hati dengan isteri yang dikahwini sejak 9 tahun lalu kerana menghadiri majlis ulang

tahun saudaranya tanpa kebenarannya, menyebabkan berlaku pertengkaran.

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Katanya, lelaki itu juga cuba memaksa isterinya untuk kembali dan tinggal

bersamanya tetapi wanita itu enggan.

Wanita itu mendapat rawatan di Hospital Queen Elizabeth 2 kerana kecederaan pada

leher, tangan dan kakinya. Dia juga mempunyai lebam di seluruh badan.

Albert juga berkata wanita itu kemudiannya membuat laporan polis terhadap suaminya

dan dia dirujuk ke Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat untuk mendapatkan perintah

perlindungan sementara.

Jerry didakwa di bawah Seksyen 323 Kanun Keseksaan, dibaca bersama dengan

Seksyen 326A yang memperuntukkan hukuman penjara sehingga 2 tahun atau denda

tidak lebih RM2,000 atau kedua-duanya.

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isteri-dipenjara-10-bulan/